The Pol surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,312 people carried this name — #20,274 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 29% from 1,016 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
1,480 people named Pol have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,788 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 684 people named Pol.
96 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 485 people named Pol live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
84 people named Pol live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Pol live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
39 people named Pol is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Pol,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luzius Pol 1754–1828 · naturalist -
Sorel Pol d. 1799
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Frommet Pol d. 1772
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Nicolaus Pol 1470–1532 · writer
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Nicolaus Pol 1470–1532 · writer
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Marie de Luxembourg-St. Pol 1470–1538
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pol.
- Poiroux 134 · U.S. census
- Poirrier 645 · U.S. census
- Poissant 653 · U.S. census
- Poisson 1,822 · U.S. census
- Poitier 526 · U.S. census
- Pokorski 492 · U.S. census
- Polack 643 · U.S. census
- Polak 3,313 · U.S. census
- Polard 118 · U.S. census
- Polat 123 · U.S. census
- Poles 483 · U.S. census
- Polese 188 · U.S. census
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